<p>The driver of a tractor-trailer that struck a broken-down tractor-trailer has been charged with careless and reckless driving, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. </p><p>An eastbound tractor-trailer hauling an empty cargo container rear-ended another tractor-trailer around 11:30 Friday morning, according to Sgt. Max Watkins with the Highway Patrol. </p><p>Watkins said McKenzie Vernet of Pompano Beach, Fla., was operating the tractor-trailer that swerved off the highway and struck the broken-down tractor-trailer. </p><p>"Mr. Vernet was pulling an empty cargo container and it was dislodged as a result of the accident, blocking the highway," Watkins said. "There were no injured reported as a result of this accident."</p><p>Vernet told authorities he was swatting a bee in his cab as he swerved off the interstate. </p><p>The impact scattered boxes from the tractor-trailer onto the roadway, and the cargo container on the second vehicle was dislodged and is lying in the right-hand eastbound lane.</p>